New Year’s Eve with Buck Owens’ Bus Driver and Why, After Almost Fifty Years, this is Still the Only New Year’s Eve Experience I’ve Had that Comes Even Close to Being Interesting Enough to Write About

Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where…oh, forget it, you know the drill. I’ll just get right to the point. Everybody’s got a favorite holiday and, it’s been proved in more than a dozen and a half psychology doctoral dissertations, a least favorite. I’m living proof...

New Years

Dear friends, Here we are at the last Welcome of 2007. It was a year that came with some sadness and I pray will leave with some hope. We lost a number of our community members, most lately Jack Freeman who was a darned nice guy and will be missed when the wagons...

New Years Eve with Buck Owens’ Bus Driver

This is a true story. Sad, but true.Generally, I’ve been lucky in love. I say generally because there have been some, well, lonely periods in my life. Brief but painful. One such was my freshman year in college. The fall and winter of 1966 was a desolate year. A...

New Years Eve with Buck Owens’ Bus Driver

Generally, I’ve been lucky in love. I say generally because there have been some, well, lonely periods in my life. Brief but painful. One such was my freshman year in college. The fall and winter of 1966 was a desolate year. A drought of a year girls-wise. So...

New Year’s Resolutions for 2012?

I have long avoided New Year’s Resolutions, for two reasons. One, they’re ineffective. Studies show 88% of New Year’s resolutions are broken during the year. Sounds about right, doesn’t it? The other reason is, if you make the resolution a public statement, you...

New Years Through the Years

This is my last Welcome Column of 2016. Traditionally, I should say something important, pithy and clever about the milestone. But what pops into my head to say (my 58-year-old-head) is different than what might pop into your head, especially if you’re younger or...